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The results page allows you to view and explore the thermal analysis results of your job after its simulation is completed.
Locate critical cooling regions in plastic parts
This example shows you how to inspect the thermal results of your job to locate the critical regions to cool on your plastic part.

Compression Molding
- Compression molding overview
  Use SimForm to perform thermal cooling analyses for your plastic compression mold designs. These analyses help you identify hot spots on the plastic part and develop cooling layouts to improve part quality and reduce cycle times.
- Setting up a simulation workflow
  You can set up and run a SimForm project by uploading your CAD file, categorizing components, selecting materials, and running simulations.
- Navigating the app interface
  The SimForm interface allows you to create and access projects and jobs, as well as add and manage users and account credits.
- Using projects and jobs
  Use projects and jobs in SimForm to manage and organize your mold design tests.
- Setting up a simulation
  Use the setup page to categorize and define your model components properties for the solver to identify them.
- Defining mold properties
  Defining mold properties based on your analysis type ensures that the SimForm solver correctly identifies the mold components in your CAD model and considers their material properties in the thermal analysis.
- Defining plastic part properties
  Categorize your plastic part components and define their materials to allow the SimForm app solver to identify them.
- Defining cooling channels
  In a channel assessment job, if your model contains cooling channels, you must define the components that represent them so the solver can identify them.
- Defining manufacturing constraints
  In a channel recommender job, manufacturing constraints let you specify practical limits for how cooling channels can be manufactured in your mold.
- Running a simulation
  When running a simulation, the solver relies on specific assumptions and automated processes to ensure accurate and efficient results.
- Viewing results
  The results page allows you to view and explore the thermal analysis results of your job after its simulation is completed.
  - View results
    Use the results page to view the thermal analysis results of your job.
  - Locate critical cooling regions in plastic parts
    This example shows you how to inspect the thermal results of your job to locate the critical regions to cool on your plastic part.
  - Export the cooling channel results data
    You can export the cooling channel results as a CSV file to analyze the heat removal, flow rate, and coolant temperature rise outside of the application.
  - Change the graphics processor for results
    Configure your browser to use a different graphics processor to improve results rendering performance in SimForm.
  - Results display window options
    The display window on the results page shows the thermal analysis results of your job on the 3D model design.
  - Results panel options
    On the results page, use the Results panel to select the display options to view the safe ejection time of the plastic part and the temperature distribution on the plastic and mold components.
  - Cooling Channel Results table options
    The Cooling Channel Results table summarizes the cooling performance of individual channels using metrics such as flow rate, temperature rise, and the heat removal rate. You can also export the summary as a CSV file.
- Tutorials
  These examples are designed to help you become familiar with some of the major features available in SimForm.
- Glossary

Locate critical cooling regions in plastic parts

This example shows you how to inspect the thermal results of your job to locate the critical regions to cool on your plastic part.

A solved channel assessment job.

From your projects list, select a project with a solved job to open it.
From the jobs list, click a solved job to display its results.
Click Results to open the results page.
The display window shows the freeze time distribution on your plastic part in seconds.
Rotate your model to inspect the freeze time distribution on your plastic part.
Visually locate a region with high freeze time value and click it to display its local result.
Click to close the local result window.
On the Results panel, turn on the Filter toggle, then adjust the range slider to select your target cooling time range. For example, from 4 s to 5 s.
The application displays only the areas of the plastic part within the selected range. This helps you identify regions that require longer cooling.
Turn on the Channels toggle to display the cooling channels and inspect their location relative to areas with high freeze time.
Turn off the Channels toggle to hide the channel locations.
From the Type list, select Temperature to display the temperature distribution.
Turn on the Cutting Plane toggle.
Select the cutting plane direction, for example, X.
Turn on the Invert toggle to invert the cutting plane direction if needed.
Rotate your model and zoom in to have a closer look inside your plastic part.
Move the slider to change the cutting plane position to identify the regions with high temperatures.
Select a region with high temperature in your plastic part to inspect its local result.